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Summer Camp 2018 Information

Our Summer 2018 Camp will run from July 16th-July 20th this year. This years camp will have two tracks– Beginner…

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Summer Camp 2017 Recap

Our July 2017 camp pilot was a two-week camps broken into a week on software and a week on hardware.…

Why Coding?

Only 16 high school students in Mississippi took the AP Computer Science exam in 2016; none were female; only 1 student was Hispanic or Latino; no students were Black; no students were Native American or Alaska Native; no students were Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander

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Mississippi currently has 1,070 open computing jobs (4.2 times the average demand rate in Mississippi).

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The average salary for a computing occupation in MS is $68,975, which is significantly higher than the average salary in the state ($37,620). The existing open jobs alone represent a $73,803,250 opportunity in terms of annual salaries.

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Apply for Summer Camp 2018!

19 May 201717 May 2018
Our inaugural camp will run from July 17th-July 28th, Monday- Friday, 10am-2pm. The camp is free and open to all middle school and high school students in Jackson and the…
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Top 6 Free Resources for Coding with Your Kids

3 May 201717 May 2018
Code.org - All Ages This is one of the best-known sites for teaching kids and teens to code. Their website tutorials can be used by all ages, from pre-readers to…
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10 Tips for Helping Your School’s 1:1 Initiative Succeed

3 May 201717 May 2018
1:1 initiatives are a great way to increase access to technology to drive student success in and out of the classroom. However, as with most technology solutions, it’s more than…
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